inaccurately
不正確に
解説 Definition
不正確にとは、正確さを欠いた方法で、つまり誤りや間違いを含みながら行われることを意味します。精度が低い、または正確でない状態を表す副詞です。
Inaccurately means in a way that is not correct or exact. It is used when information, measurements, descriptions, or reports contain mistakes or do not match the facts. The word often suggests that something should have been more precise.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず accurate「正確な」を確実に押さえる。そこに否定の in- が付いて inaccurate「不正確な」、さらに -ly で副詞になり inaccurately「不正確に」。形の変化がそのまま意味になるので、分解して覚えると強い。accurately と対で見ると定着しやすい。describe inaccurately, report inaccurately のように、説明・報告・測定が少しズレている場面でよく使う。incorrectly ほど「完全に間違い」ではなく、「精度が低い」「細部がずれる」感じでも使える。
Build it step by step: `accurate`, then `inaccurate`, then `inaccurately`. The form itself gives the meaning, so the word is easy to remember by parts. Compare it with `accurately`, and think of common pairs like `describe inaccurately` or `report inaccurately`.
例文
The report described the events inaccurately.
レポートはイベントを不正確に記述していました。
He inaccurately cited the statistics in his presentation.
彼はプレゼンテーションで統計を不正確に引用しました。
The map showed the location inaccurately.
地図はその場所を不正確に示していました。
inaccurately の類義語・関連語
inaccurately の語源・成り立ち Etymology
inaccurately は in-「否定」+ accurate + -ly から成る語です。accurate はラテン語 accurare「注意を払う」に由来し、核は「注意深さを欠いて」。accuracy や curator は同じ cura「配慮」の系統で、正確さが気配りから来ると見えます。
Inaccurately is formed from in- "not," accurate, and -ly. Accurate comes from Latin accurare, meaning "to take care with," from cura, meaning "care." The idea developed from being careful and exact to its opposite, so inaccurately means in a way that lacks that care; compare accuracy and curator.
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